Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : Atreyu
From : Weatherman
Date : Mon Nov 07 2022 07:49:59


A> I like my Iphone SE, 1st gen as I have no compelling reason to upgrade.

I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Note 9, which is fairly old at this point in time. I use is mainly for apps and rarely as a phone.

A> Wow thats impressive! I never caught on to Novell. I actually didn't
A> really get into serious networking stuff until Windows NT4 / 2000.

I actually started my IT career with mainframes, DECs, and other mid-range systems like AS/400s and Sperry.  My first IT jobs was with a major bank and they had almost 100% IBM hardware.

My 2nd IT job I did lots of work on setting up data communications on mainframes, AS/400s, and Digital (DEC) systems.  I worked on the large network of systems for a major gym/fitness club back then.

My 3rd IT job got me more into client/server PC networking (which is where I wanted to be).  Huge Netware environment, started as many 3.12 Netware servers and ended up consolidating them into NDS 4.11 HA clusters.  Novell was way better at networking large enterprises vs Microsoft back then.

I still remember starting the Active Directory domain for the organization where I am now.  I ran it on an old PC in my office with just a few PCs on it. Now there are 15k+ devices connected to it and running on many domain controllers.

Once I moved more into data networking, that was lots of fun too.  Designing large scale networks is loads of fun with all the various connectivity and redundancy.  One of the coolest things done in the past 3 years is adding a technology called OTV (overlay transport virtualization).  Fancy term for a VPN on steroids.  It allows you to run the same VLANs/networks at the same time in two data centers on routed network links.  You can even route the same networks on both sides at the same time.  Perfect for HA in VMware. 
- Mark
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